Stand-pipe and fire-escape



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J. T. WLBS.

STAND PIPE AND FIRE ESCAPE.

No.273t032. 'Patented Feb.27,1883.

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" l UNITED STATES PATENT JOHN T. COW-LES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STAND-PIPE AND FIRE-ESCAPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,032, dated February 2'7, 188i Application filed February 2, 18H2. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN T. OOWLES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Fire-Escapes, ot which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a portion ot' a building with my improvement attached Fig. 2, a plan view ofthe balcony Fig. 3, a vertical section of the balcony with a short section of the stand-pipe, showing the way the balcony is anchored to the wall of the building; Fig. 4, a section of a portion of the balcony, taken at the line x x, Fig. 2, looking toward the standpipe and ladder; Fig. 5, a top view ot' one of the anchor-irons securing the balcony to the wall, with an end piece of the balcony attached; A

. more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanyingdrawings, A represents the stand-pipe, which I provide with the ordi-A rthe rung when stepped upon.

D are balconies at each story ci the building.

They are supported by brackets E and have ice -proof iicors F, composed of triangular pieces G, which are arranged so that the open spaces between them admit of the free escape of ice and snow when the floor is walked upon. It will be observed that these pieces G are arranged with sha-rp upper edges, and every alternate space between them has equal width from top to bot-tom of the pieces G, so as to present no lodgment for the ice or snow.

H are anchor-irons, one end of which projects into the wall at an angle to the plane of the oor of the balcony. Each balcony has two or more ot' these anchor-irons, the inner ends of which are bent inA a downward direction, as shown at H. I attach these anchorirons to the wall of the building by drilling holes in the wall, in which I place the bent portion H ot' the anchor-iron, and then pour around them cement. The balcony is firmly bolted endwisc to the outer end, H, of these anchor-irons, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

I is a portion of the floor of the balcony, made in the form of a trap-door, hung on hinges J in such manner as to swing vertically and form a railing or barrier at the end ot' the platform next to the stand-pipe, making an opening through the licor of the balcony, through which persons can pass down ou the side of the ladder next to the building. When this hinged portion of the Hoor of the balcony is swung down so as to form a part ofthe door, there is'no railing at that end ot' the balcony, so that when the fireman ascends the ladder with the hose tothe coupled to the stand-pipe, he can readily step around from the ladder upon the floor of the balcony at this open end ofthe floor. Vhen the occupants ofthe build ing desire to escape from the building they step out of the window upon the balcony, und by raising the hinged portion I of the iioor can immediately step upon theladder and pass down through the balcony on the side of the ladder next to the building without danger ot falling from the balcony in reaching the ladder. My stand-pipe and ladder is securely attached to the balconies by any convenient and substantial method. The balconies are secured to the wall of the building, as above describedthat is,by bolting the two end brackets, E, to the sides of the projecting partnH of the anchor-irons, as clearly shown in Fig'. 5, by which I provide for the greatest possible strength IOO with lthe least disgurement of the wall of the y building, as the brackets simply abut against but do not project into the Wall, as will appear by reference to Fig. 3 ofthe drawings.

K represents couplings for coupling the hose to the stand-pipe.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The ice-proof balcony-floor, composed of the strips G, set ou edge and beveled to form sharp upper edges, every alternate space between said strips having straight sides, formed by the straight backs of the strips whose bevels face each other, and being of equal Width frl in top to bottom, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. The combination of the fixed ladder B C,

-tially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

JOHN T. COWLES.

Witnesses MATTIE E. OoWLEs, J No. U. MACGREGOR. 

